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Friday, May 4, 2012

This blog

For all its purpose, this blog was always meant to be my private diary of algorithmic learning.   At a certain point, I may consider to post solutions.  Even that I am afraid there is a selfish reason : to show that I can.

Saying so, I hadn't done anything special to keep my blog secretive.   If you happened to bump into this place, feel free to write a comment or two.  If I happened to know the answer, I will certainly try to write something back.

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Busy, busy, busy.....

Sometimes I feel the impulse of learning algorithm, or for that matter, mathematics and computer science, is not much different from the impulse of literature reading.    When you think of why a computer geek decides to figure out an algorithm and why a literature geek decides to read The Lord of the Ring 7 times, the reason is exactly the same : it fills a void in their heart, no matter what they yearn for.

In my case, after working on yet another start up, my time is really eaten up by various exciting work of the company.   The episode of me sparring with my previous boss is a good indication that it's time for me to leave the last company.   It was a great workplace, but I would say the system is getting too old......

As always, my programming skill still needs to be refined.    I will still come back to this blog.  I hope that when I come back though, I am fill with joy and curiosity as the kid who tries to learn new things, but not a person who is filled with doubt and anxiety, who tries to learn algorithms to land on a better job.

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